Little sleep-in, tired. We're in Wellington and the weather looks miserable. Late morning we got shuttle bus in to city. Walked around a bit. Did a tour of Parliament House, which was very impressive – stunning building. Then looked for food and had nice burgers at a cafe. We found there were heaps of people, old and young who were dressed in the whackiest costumes walking around. We got cable car to top of mountain and a volunteer lady there, Frances, told us about the costumes phenomenon. She said about 10 years ago when the Rugby 7s began in Wellington, a few people wore the same shirts so they'd be able to see each other and from there it just grew till everyone gets into a party spirit and wears these outrageous costumes. They all looked like they were having so much fun. This event is held annually in Wellington and Frances said this is the first time in 10 years that 7s weekend has not been warm and sunny. Just our luck. Got back on bus to return to ship. There was an internet cafe set up at the dock, so I spent 20 mins checking emails and Facebook.
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